Roland Garros Day 1: Sunday, May 25 - Order of Play

[tented]

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Click here for the Day 1 Order of Play

(All matches, on all courts, are listed in order to give you a feel for when everything will begin and end.)

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Please use this thread to discuss Day 1 action.

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I've added TV schedules for live coverage in the US, Canada, the UK, Continental Europe, and Australia.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Venus may have trouble in the very first match itself. She is playing against Belinda Bencic
(who I anticipate will be Roger Federer's partner in the Olympics Mixed Doubles in 2016).
She is 17 years old and is in top 100 of WTA rankings chart (at 81). In contrast,
there is no one below 21 in the ATP top 100.

If by chance, Venus wins this one, she faces Chinese Wall in 2nd Round.

If by some chance she wins that, then that is the end of the road, Sis.

 

[rubydo]

Thanks Tented for the great info on TV schedules, so very helpful.

 

[tented]

Thanks Tented for the great info on TV schedules, so very helpful.

You're welcome!

 

[kskate2]

Oh no! Aga is wearing granny's duster in Paris. :nono

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Oh no! Aga is wearing granny's duster in Paris. :nono

I thought we asked her to Burn It.....................:nono

 

[kskate2]

Duster and all, Aga scores the first victory of this fortnight over Zhang 6-3 6-0

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

I see Serena is an unforced error machine at the moment. 8 in only two games geez.

 

[Hoergren]

Maybe of interest - the standings with last years result stripped and +10 added which is the minimum points you can get from FO - Vika gets a zero because she's not participating. As usual all points counts and you can add points to this list if the player goes on to next round aso.

1 Serena Williams 9600
2 Na Li 7450
3 Agnieszka Radwanska 5870
4 Simona Halep 5145
5 Petra Kvitova 4450
6 Victoria Azarenka 3841
7 Jelena Jankovic 3765
8 Dominika Cibulkova 3615
9 Angelique Kerber 3600
10 Flavia Pennetta 3264
11 Ana Ivanovic 3185
12 Maria Sharapova 2751
13 Sara Errani 2700
14 Caroline Wozniacki 2700
15 Eugenie Bouchard 2550

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

Belinda bencic got wasted by venus who is double her age...(17-almost 34).

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Chinese wall crumbled against an unnamed player today.

With this, I fully expect Venus to win her second match and we are sure to
have a all sisters third round match.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Chinese wall crumbled against an unnamed player today.

With this, I fully expect Venus to win her second match and we are sure to
have a all sisters third round match.

I had already projected that the sister's would meet in the third round.People tend to forget that Venus is not that shabby on clay.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

They last played in GS in Wimby 2009, 5 years ago with SW winning 7-6, 6-2.
This is their first GS meeting after the diagnosis of VW.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Well, we will see Serena and Venus still have a match to play before they can meet. Well, since they aren't playing doubles together, I can still hold out that she will play mixed doubles . I doubt it, but a guy can dream!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well, we will see Serena and Venus still have a match to play before they can meet. Well, since they aren't playing doubles together, I can still hold out that she will play mixed doubles . I doubt it, but a guy can dream!

..............:heart: